Stick a fork in 2026 with a new fall lineup for Monday Night Foodball
Marko Milunovic always brings the good stuff. At 5 PM yesterday, he set up a round of shots on the pass—quince-flavored Vojvoda Stara Rakija Dunjevaca—and about a dozen of us toasted a dream coming...
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“Permission Structures and Decorative Art" through 10/24 at Shanghai Seminary The post Trapped in stasis appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleCasa Cafe takes a hiatus from hardcore
Pilsen taco joint Casa Cafe has become the most important space for the youth wing of Chicago’s hardcore punk scene. This is largely thanks to Francisco “Pancho” García, a punk musician who cofounded...
View ArticleFreedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar is a soul-stirring elegy and...
In 2023, the Invisible Institute and City Bureau released their Missing in Chicago investigative report by City Bureau’s Sarah Conway (now the Reader editor in chief) and Invisible Institute’s trina...
View ArticleMan vs. nature
In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish...
View ArticleCook County groups want a budget freeze for the sheriff and state’s attorney
A coalition of 57 community, faith, policy, and social service organizations is calling on the Cook County Board of Commissioners to freeze law enforcement spending amid a projected $550 million...
View ArticleIntimacy coordinator
In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish...
View ArticleGetting your drag or burlesque act together
If you’ve ever seen a truly remarkable drag or burlesque act, you may have thought, “How did they even come up with that?” There’s a lot that goes into act development: music choice, choreography,...
View ArticleMusclecars center New York City’s dance history in their omnivorous house...
Musclecars Fri 10/23 at Smart Bar The post Musclecars center New York City’s dance history in their omnivorous house tracks appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleBest NSFW AI Chat Sites of 2026
The rise of NSFW AI character chat sites in the last several years, especially those designed to simulate romantic or erotic connections, signals more than just a shift in how we relate to technology,...
View ArticleMuggsy Spanier’s hot cornet gave extra shine to early Chicago jazz
As I get older, I’ve grown more interested in the earliest roots of the music I love—even when they predate me by a century. This includes prewar jazz, and luckily this lively music is plentiful at...
View ArticleNemanja Milunovic previews Amara, his upcoming brick and mortar, at the next...
Last month, Nemanja Milunovic made a pilgrimage to the Professor’s school. Mićina Domaća Kujna in Belgrade is the culinary headquarters of Milovan Mića Stojanović, the one-time personal chef of...
View ArticleBlasphemy reigns at the 2026 Sanctum Dark Music Festival
Sanctum Dark Music Festival Fri 10/30 and Sat 10/31 at Thalia Hall The post Blasphemy reigns at the 2026 Sanctum Dark Music Festival appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleHolding pattern
“Long Habits" through 10/24 at Julius Caesar The post Holding pattern appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleTopdog/Underdog returns to Steppenwolf after 23 years
Topdog/Underdog, through 11/1 at Steppenwolf Theatre Company The post <i>Topdog/Underdog</i> returns to Steppenwolf after 23 years appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleOperation Mincemeat is a triumph of style, wit, and heart
Operation Mincemeat, through 10/11, Broadway in Chicago at CIBC Theatre The post <i>Operation Mincemeat</i> is a triumph of style, wit, and heart appeared first on Chicago Reader.
View ArticleI’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire examines teenage angst and celebrity worship
I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, through 10/31, Refracted Theatre Company at the Den Theatre The post <i>I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire</i> examines teenage angst and celebrity...
View ArticleAmerica still needs John Prine
On a blustery winter day in early 1969, around the time of Richard Nixon’s first inauguration, John Prine worked his route as a mailman, delivering endless copies of Reader’s Digest across the Chicago...
View ArticleCUFF stuff
The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. I’ve had business cards only once in my career thus far,...
View ArticleChicago indie-rock godparents Eleventh Dream Day dig into their 90s archives
Eleventh Dream Day Wed 10/21 at the Hideout The post Chicago indie-rock godparents Eleventh Dream Day dig into their 90s archives appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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